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Marvel’s Wolverine Launches September 15: Everything Gamers Need to Know Before Release
Marvel’s Wolverine launches September 15, 2026, on PlayStation 5. Here’s what gamers need to know about the story, combat, customization, accessibility and editions.
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Marvel’s Wolverine Reviews Are In: Insomniac’s PS5 Game Gets a Divided Reception
Marvel’s Wolverine arrives on PS5 on September 15, 2026. Here’s what critics are saying about Insomniac’s highly anticipated superhero action game, including combat, story, visuals and gameplay.
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Avengers: Endgame Encore Advance Bookings Open in India Ahead of September 25 Release
Avengers: Endgame: Encore advance bookings are now open in India ahead of the September 25, 2026 theatrical release, with four minutes of never-before-seen footage.
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Saudi Arabia Weighs EA–Savvy Games Merger: A New Gaming Giant Could Be Born
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is reportedly considering combining Electronic Arts with Savvy Games Group, potentially creating one of the world’s biggest gaming companies.
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Piko Interactive Acquires 7 Raven Studios to Expand Game Development
Piko Interactive has acquired 7 Raven Studios, bringing the game developer into its business as the retro-focused company expands its game development ambitions.
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Gamescom 2026: Warlock, Ananta, LEGO Skylines और ये नए गेम बने सबसे बड़े हिट
Gamescom 2026 के Opening Night Live के बाद Warlock, Ananta और LEGO Skylines ने Steam wishlists में बड़ी छलांग लगाई। जानिए कौन से नए गेम सबसे ज्यादा चर्चा में रहे।
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GTA VI Takes Over Netflix With 31.1 Million Views in Four Days
GTA VI: An Extended Look has become Netflix’s No. 1 English-language film for the week, drawing 31.1 million views and reaching No. 1 in 87 of 93 tracked countries.
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Video Games and Gambling-Like Mechanics: Why Parents Should Watch Loot Boxes
Video games increasingly use loot boxes, randomized rewards and virtual currencies. Experts warn these gambling-like mechanics can encourage repeated spending and create risks for children and teens.
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Judge Dredd Video Games Ranked: Which Game Is the Best?
From classic 1990s adaptations to Dredd vs. Death and Countdown Sector 106, we rank the major Judge Dredd video games and examine which adaptation best captures Mega-City One’s legendary lawman.
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The Late Sam Neill’s Final Movie Might Be The Legend Of Zelda
The cast for the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda is gradually being revealed, with a surprising and poignant development: the legendary New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who passed away in July at the age of 78, is reported to have a role in the film. This news comes from Deadline, which confirms…
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Peak’s Final Major Update Will Introduce a Perilous New Dungeon
Peak, the mountain-climbing cooperative game that achieved tremendous success by selling over 10 million copies in its first year, is gearing up for its final significant content update, scheduled for release on August 11. This update promises to provide a formidable challenge for veteran players and adds exciting new features to the popular title. Named…
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Halo Co-Creator Calls Out Remake For Pandering To “New Era Of Players With 0% Attention Span”
The co-creator of Halo and designer of Master Chief, Marcus Lehto, has weighed in with his thoughts about the latest Halo remake, Halo: Campaign Evolved. Posting on social media, Lehto said he has been slowly playing through the game on the Heroic difficulty and he has some issues but mostly he’s having a great time…
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Can you play Big Walk alone or with randoms?
Big Walk is a new co-op-only adventure from the creators of Untitled Goose Game. Chris Livingston has been playing it and he’s having an absolute gas. It’s a loosely structured open world affair starring quaint pointy-nosed folk that you simply have to play with friends. And I mean that literally: it’s impossible to get very…
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Grab shopkeeper-dungeoncrawler Moonlighter free on Steam for a limited time
Moonlighter is a hybrid of management sim and roguelite dungeon crawl in the vein of Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale. I was more intrigued by its shopkeeping side—where you put your loot on display and hope the locals in your hamlet are in the mood for a magic sword or some banged-up armor—than I was…
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What $55 Billion Buys: Everything Included In The EA Acquisition
EA has gone private, as the veteran video game company was sold for an eye-watering sum of $55 billion to an investor consortium made up of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, and the private equity firm Silver Lake. The deal officially closed on August 4, 2026. A privately owned EA could…
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Every Game Delayed Right Now (2026 Edition)
Games sure have been getting delayed a lot over the last several years, and that continues in 2026. The game you’ve been looking forward to playing might just not be ready by its initially announced launch date. To help keep everything organized, we’ve made a list of every game delayed right now, including those with…
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Marvel Rivals Is About To Give Your SSD Some Much-Needed Breathing Room
It looks like Marvel Rivals has been playing around with Pym Particles, as it’s set to get much smaller on PC and console. As part of an update that will add super-evil supervillain manager The Hood to the game, developer NetEase announced that it has managed to shrink the install size by a considerable margin…
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Why People Think GTA 6 News Is Coming Imminently
Rockstar owner Take-Two will release its next earnings report on August 7, but instead of coming after the market closes at 4 PM ET, the report is being released before it opens that day at 9:30 AM ET. Another unusual element is that the report is coming on a Friday. What does it all mean?…
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Deadpool Official Character Guide Trailer
Go beyond the fourth wall and break your opponents with this Character Guide! We break down Deadpool’s reckless combat style that the most beloved mercenary built thanks to a fighting game guide! Source
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We May Already Know One Major Diablo 4 BlizzCon Announcement
Diablo 4 is reportedly headed to Nintendo Switch 2 this September, in what may be the first of multiple Diablo-related announcements coming as part of this year’s BlizzCon. As detailed by Dealabs reporter billbil-kun, game classification organizations in Indonesia and Taiwan both point towards a Switch 2 version of Diablo 4 existing, with Dealabs independently…
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Minecraft Is Coming To Switch 2 In October, With An Upgrade Path For Switch Owners
Minecraft is officially launching October 27 for Nintendo Switch 2, bringing with it what developer Mojang calls “Vibrant Visuals” as well as an upgrade path for original Switch owners. While Minecraft has been playable on the Switch 2 thanks to backwards compatibility, the Switch 2 version will bring some improvements that take advantage of Nintendo’s…
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Another Way To Play Big Walk Is Already In The Works
House House’s critically acclaimed co-op puzzle-solving game Big Walk has only been out for two days, but one modder is taking it upon themselves to add a new dimension to the gameplay. Independent solo developer CircuitLord has announced that they are developing a VR mod for Big Walk. A brief demonstration of the mod was…
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Halo On PS5 Is Off To A Slow Start, Expert Says
For the first time ever, a Halo game is available on PlayStation with Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game is having a “notably slow start” on Sony’s console in terms of sales, however, according to gaming analyst Rhys Elliott. He estimated that Campaign Evolved sold 351,000 copies on PS5 during July and 452,000 to date, generating…
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Fields Of Mistria Exits Beta With A Big Rideable Chicken
Two years ago, NPC Studio launched its farm life fantasy RPG Fields of Mistria into early access. Today, that preview period has officially ended with the 1.0 release of Fields of Mistria. A number of improvements have been added to the game with that update, including the ability to ride around the town of Mistria…
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The Friendslop Genre Needs A New Name
I recently got my hands on Big Walk–an adorable “friendslop” puzzler from the minds behind Untitled Goose Game–and I can’t seem to put it down. But when I do finally pry my fingers from the keyboard and log out of Steam for the night, I can’t stop thinking about it, either. Something about Big Walk…
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Xbox Version Of PlayStation Platinum Trophy Teased For Later This Year
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has teased that an Xbox version of PlayStation’s Platinum trophy system could be coming to Xbox, and potentially soon. Replying to a social media user who asked when Xbox might get an “equivalent” to Platinum for Xbox achievements, Sharma said, “Team is working on something for later this year!” Team is…
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Kingdom Come Actor Is Living My Dream, Opening A Medieval Pub To Drink Beer And Eat Food With Friends
British actor Luke Dale, known for his roles in the Kingdom Come RPG series and EA’s Battlefield V, has announced that he bought a tavern in the Czech Republic and plans to turn it into a medieval-inspired social gathering place with great food and drinks. “Is this the dumbest thing I’ve ever done? There’s a…
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Ghost Recon: Wildlands Might Finally Be Getting A Current-Gen Upgrade This Week
The Ghost Recon franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary with a dedicated showcase on August 6, but it looks like one big surprise for this event has been leaked early. The PlayStation Store has seemingly let slip details on a big upgrade for 2017’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Spotted on the Ghost Recon subreddit, the PlayStation Store…
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All New Pokopia Bubbly Basin Pokemon And How To Unlock Them
Pokemon Pokopia’s new 2.0 update is live, and this introduces the ability to dive and explore underwater areas of the map. The Bubbly Basin paid expansion also includes dozens of new Pokemon to discover. In this guide, we’ll highlight all of the new Pokemon added with Bubbly Basin and how to create their habitats. You…
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Rip And Tear Into Doom: The Dark Ages At Its Lowest Price Ever
There’s nothing more gratifying than slaughtering countless demons as the silent, formidable killing machine that is the Doomslayer. While the franchise is probably older than many of you reading, initially releasing in 1993, the recent reboots have brought back the brutal Doom Guy with all of the modern features we’ve come to know and love…
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Black Ops 1 And 2 Ports Sold 11 Million Copies Combined On PlayStation, Benefitting Both Xbox And Sony
The recently released ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 for PlayStation sold more than 11 million combined copies, generating nearly half a billion dollars, according to industry analyst Rhys Elliott. The games, which were developed by Iron Galaxy, were shadow-dropped on PS4 and PS5 on July 9, featuring campaign, multiplayer, and…
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Pokemon Pokopia – How To Unlock The Portal Pod And Store Shared Items
Pokemon Pokopia’s new 2.0 update is live, and this introduces the ability to dive and explore underwater. This new content also adds several new items to the game, including the highly requested shared storage system called the Portal Pod. In this guide, we’ll explain how to unlock and craft the Portal Pod, so you can…
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Big Walk’s Most Important Feature Is Getting Patched
Big Walk is here, and it’s already earning a reputation for being a delightfully offbeat third space for friends to inhabit. It’s a massive game, and as players have discovered, it does have a slight microphone problem currently–one that developer House House is working on fixing. “We understand that some people are having a problem…
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How To Start The Pokemon Pokopia Bubbly Basin DLC And Learn Dive
Pokemon Pokopia’s new underwater expansion is now available, allowing you to learn how to dive and explore underwater. Diving is a free add-on for all players, but if you purchased the paid DLC for the brand-new underwater town, this guide will give you all the steps you need in order to dive down and reach…
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How To Escape A Ghost Hunt In Phasmophobia
In Phasmophobia, knowing how to escape or survive a ghost hunt is critical. While each contract requires you to identify a spectre based on official evidence and/or unique ghost abilities, the ghost won’t make it easy. Once your team’s average Sanity level reaches the ghost’s specific hunt threshold (which can differ), the ghost will be…
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August is the calm before the storm for this year's new game releases
August is another quiet month for new PC game releases in 2026, but use the lull to catch up on other games from this year (or month) before September. I don’t know if you’ve looked at the calendar for the next few months—it’s, uh, a lot. As Lincoln pointed out, the Summer Game Fest announcements…
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Steam's Cyberpunk Fest means big savings on games about high-tech lowlifes
What counts as cyberpunk anyway? Easy, it’s whatever games are currently tagged as “cyberpunk” on Steam and therefore part of the Steam Cyberpunk Fest, a sale running until 10 am on August 10 with the baffling tagline: “They say never look back. Cyberpunk says ALWAYS be in the future. Think about it.” Whatever that means,…
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Marvel Rivals Characters: Every Superhero And Supervillain Revealed So Far
Marvel Comics has one of the best rosters of superheroes and supervillains, and you’re able to smash them against each other in Marvel Rivals now that the game is available to play on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. A free-to-play team-based competitive shooter, Marvel Rivals is developed by NetEase and features playable characters from…
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The Best Friendslop Games To Play With Buddies In 2026
Before you come at me, let me just say I love every game on this list and “friendslop” here is no insult. Instead, I’m using it affectionately. It’s an increasingly useful tongue-in-cheek term to describe a particular genreless genre: games you can pick up on the cheap, jump into without much preamble or complex tutorials,…
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Borderlands Movie Director Discusses The Mega-Flop And What Went Wrong
The 2024 Borderlands movie had a cast full of big names, including multiple Oscar winners, and was based on a popular franchise with countless fans. But the film was a critical and commercial disaster. So what happened? Director Eli Roth told Variety said that the film, which cost a mighty $120 million to produce, was…
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Riftbound Director Says TCG Will Eventually Include All League Of Legends Champions
After launching in English late last year, Riftbound, Riot Games’ League of Legends trading card game (TCG), has quickly grown into one of the most popular TCGs to date. The game had a big presence at this year’s Gen Con, featuring not one but two large booths that fans could stop by to learn to…
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Turns Out, The Team Behind Riftbound Is Shockingly Small
During last week’s Gen Con, Riftbound, the League of Legends trading card game (TCG), boasted a massive presence. Fans were able to enter two different booths to get their hands on cards and exclusive merchandise, as well as meet some of the talent behind the game’s creation and design. GameSpot was onsite for the show,…
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How To Cancel PlayStation Plus
Life is expensive these days. If you’re looking to cut back on spending and want to do away with your PlayStation Plus membership, it’s very easy to do so. There are plenty of reasons why you might want to cancel PlayStation Plus, just like there are numerous reasons for cancelling Xbox Game Pass. Below you…
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7 Beast of Reincarnation Tips You Need To Know
Beast of Reincarnation’s mechanics are deeper than you think, and we show off 7 tips and tricks that can change the way you play the game. Source
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Big Walk Just Hit A Major Milestone On PS Plus
It’s been nearly seven years since developer House House released its breakthrough title, Untitled Goose Game. The company’s follow-up, a co-op puzzle-solving game called Big Walk, is out now, and it’s already achieved an unexpected critical milestone on PlayStation Plus Essential. As reported by GameSpot’s sister site Metacritic, Big Walk has landed with a 94…
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Mistfall Hunter Has Made Me A Believer In Extraction Games
Mistfall Hunter is a fascinating mix of games. On the one hand, it’s a dark fantasy action-RPG with some deep class-building and light souls-like mechanics. On the other, it’s a PvEvP third-person battle royale that sits firmly in the extraction shooter genre. Typically, I’d avoid the latter kind of game, as my low vision makes…
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EA Has Officially Been Sold, And What Comes Next Could Be Painful
The blockbuster buyout of Electronic Arts has been completed, with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund taking ownership of the gaming giant in the biggest leveraged buyout (LBO) in the history of commerce. The $55 billion deal includes billions in debt for EA, which has prompted fears of massive cost-cutting with projected layoffs, studio closures, and…
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Riftbound Directors Says Game Used To Be A Lot Like Magic: The Gathering–Until Players Rejected It
In recent years, the trading card game (TCG) environment has seen a boom of new games entering the market. There are still genre mainstays, like Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, which continue to receive support and feature a thriving secondhand market. However, new original IP TCGs like Flesh and Blood and Sorcery are making…
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PSA: A Big Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Reveal Gets Spoiled In The Nintendo Direct
Fire Emblem fans had plenty of information to sink their teeth into during today’s Fortune’s Weave Direct presentation, with new characters, new settings, and a new “gun” showcased during the 22-minute livestream. However, the Direct also threw a wrench into the plans of those who wish to be spoiler-free going into Fortune’s Weave, as a…
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Marvel Rivals’ New Hero Looks Like He Walked Straight Out Of Chainsaw Man
Marvel Rivals has consistently expanded its roster ever since it went live, and for Season 9.5: The Mystery of Thebes, a sinister underworld figure is being added to the live-service game. Voiced by WWE star Damian Priest–AKA Luis Berrios–The Hood is bringing some demonic energy to Marvel Rivals and some Chainsaw Man vibes. Stepping into the Vanguard…
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – Everything We Just Learned From The Direct
With the release date of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave steadily drawing closer, Nintendo has started to reveal more details about the next chapter in its longrunning tactical-RPG series. Ever since Fire Emblem: Awakening successfully brought the series back from the brink of cancellation, the series has gone from strength to strength over the years, evolving…
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You’ll Have 24 Hours To Buy The Magic: The Gathering Hatsune Miku Commander Deck Next Week, Here’s What In It
Back at MagicCon: Amsterdam, the Secret Lair team revealed another first for the program: A preconstructed deck themed around a Universes Beyond partnership, with Hatsune Miku taking center stage. Today, on the official DailyMTG news site, Wizards of the Coast has revealed the full 100-card list for the Miku deck–as well as a trial run…
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Splatoon Raiders Owes A Lot To Older Campaigns You Forgot About
Praise for something new can often come at the expense of what came before it. One aspect of art and media criticism that I find irksome is that to uplift new works, older ones from the same lineage are often undersold at best, or completely thrown under the bus at worst. It’s a trend I’ve…
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Riftbound’s Card Templates Are Getting A Big Overhaul in 2027
Riftbound, Riot Games’ League of Legends trading card game (TCG), recently celebrated its one-year anniversary on August 1 during GenCon. Since its launch late last year, the game’s undergone dozens of changes, errata, rules updates, and even card bans. In its first of three State of the Game updates this week (and second overall this…
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Here’s Your Chance To Get Lego Batman: Legacy Of the Dark Knight For Just $1
As someone who has stopped playing Lego games in recent years-not because I’ve lost my childhood innocence, but because I simply haven’t enjoyed them-Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight feels like a blueprint for the future of the brick-building franchise. It’s fun for kids and adults alike, and almost every joke lands in a…
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Steam Cyberpunk Fest Is Full Of Hidden Gems And Modern Classics
It’s time for another sale on PC games, and this time, you can strap in for Steam Cyberpunk Fest 2026, which shines a light on the games that celebrate the future and the inevitable dystopia we’re headed towards. Constant surveillance, corporations becoming national powers, and neon lighting are hallmarks of the genre, and plenty of…
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Xbox Price Hikes Are Now In Effect Worldwide
Buying a new Xbox just got a lot more expensive in the US, Europe, and UK. The previously announced Xbox Series X|S price hikes are now in effect as of August 1, and people should expect to pay significantly more. In the US, all 512GB Xbox models went up by $100, while the 1 TB…
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Love And Deepspace’s Biggest Controversy Is Now Hitting Its Wallet
Love and Deepspace just had its worst financial month to date, as the dating gacha sim’s revenue has cratered. While it was pulling in around $30 – $60 million in revenue every month (per Sensor Data), July saw the game make a noticeably smaller amount of cash, to the tune of $10.3 million. That’s a massive…
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The World’s Gone To Hell, But You Still Have To Go To Work, Just Like In This Horror Game
A famous poet once said, “Work sucks; I know.” That timeless truth is the backdrop for HR: Human Remains, an upcoming first-person horror game in which demons have taken over the world, but you’re still clocking in for your desk job. Today, GameSpot can exclusively reveal the release date; it’s coming to Steam on September…
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Marvel’s Wolverine Might Be Continuing Hugh Jackman’s Infamous Bare Butt Tradition
Marvel’s Wolverine is finally slashing its way onto PS5 next month, and ahead of its release, it looks like the game is going to earn its Mature 17+ rating with blood and ass. According to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the game contains blood, gore, drug references, strong language, and “partial nudity,” but it’s not…
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Big Walk Is One Of The Best Co-Op Games Ever
In the three years since Big Walk was announced, I’ve heard it referred to as a co-op walking sim, a puzzle-adventure game, and friendslop. After spending 20+ hours in the world of the Australian Outback-inspired game, it’s no easier to succinctly define it, because it’s not actually like anything else. By inventively stripping down the…
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'Deck de France' is a new free software that can turn your bike trainer into a controller for your Steam Deck
If you’ve ever felt like your bike trainer has a disturbing lack of Rocket League or Forza Horizon, you are in luck. One app called Deck de France can let you use your bike as a controller for games, though it’s pretty limited so far. Shared on GitHub (via Hackaday), Deck de France is technically…
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Microsoft raises prices of Xbox by 25% to 30% in Europe with the Series S now costing more than the Series X at launch
If Microsoft gutting its Xbox division, laying off staff, and struggling to give its console a real unique selling point hasn’t quite put you off the brand, you will now have to pay hundreds more for its devices if you live in Europe. As originally spotted over in a Resetera thread, the prices of Xbox…
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Get more than 100 games for just $10 in a new bundle supporting laid-off game devs
With layoffs continuing to wrack the games industry—Microsoft’s decision to cut 3,200 people and ditch four studios in July was the big attention-getter but hardly the only bad news of the month, or the past few years—the United Videogame Workers union and Necrosoft Games have launched the Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle on Itch.io, with…
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After a year and a half of rigorous testing, Path of Exile 2 devs finally convinced Nvidia to fix a driver bug by sending it an entire PC
There was a point in the most recent Path of Exile 2 league that I thought I would have to quit playing the game. Every 20 minutes or so, the entire game would freeze. I’d wait for a solid 30 seconds before everything came back to life, praying I wouldn’t lose my character the second…
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Ubisoft's NFT tactics game, a thing that still exists, is shutting down in October
Nobody could have foreseen this. Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles, Ubisoft’s NFT tactics game, will be shutting down in October, as announced on its website and its official Discord. If you need a refresher—I did, despite having previously written about the game—Ubisoft launched Champions Tactics in 2024, long after most of the tech-adjacent industries had relented…
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We've seen a lot of malfunctioning robots this year, but this is my favorite fail yet
(Image credit: Future) Robots are just PCs that can walk around, and these days they’re doing a lot more than just going for a stroll. Christopher Livingston doesn’t trust them, not one bit, and is reporting on their movements monthly. Here at Clanker Watch we’re keeping a close eye on the burgeoning age of robotics,…
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In happier times, Sony was courting PC gamers with lavish magazine ads for its 'most popular CD-ROM titles'
Well well well—what a difference, uh, 30 years makes, huh? While the Sony of 2026 is insisting that it should, or must, carry on with the execution of physical media for its forthcoming PlayStation 6, and has backed away from releasing its prestige games on PC, the Sony of 1996 was in a very different…
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Palworld 1.0 review
As a child of the ’90s-era pocket monster craze, I had what I suspect historians will call Monster-Taming Madness. A not-so-terrible, but sort of annoying affliction that meant I always had a Tamagotchi in my pocket, a handful of Pokémon cards, and the entire Spice Girls discography on standby for summoning creatures from discs in…
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Steam Week in Review: Once positioned as mainstream-friendly PC gaming solutions, can Valve's hardware survive the memory crisis?
Last week PC Gamer’s Andy Edser highlighted an article tracing a seeming massive drop in Steam Deck sales. I’m not entirely convinced by the maths involved—which was conducted by Boiling Steam—but whether the numbers are accurate or not, it does capture some of the anxiety around Valve’s hardware and what kind of future it might…
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I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator's wild AI conspiracy theories
Students of first-person shooter history will likely know that the technology Half-Life runs on—GoldSrc—is a heavily modified version of the Quake engine. It’s one of many, many branches of id-tech’s ancient technological tree. Indeed, you’ll still find tiny fragments of Quake code in Valve’s modern successor to GoldSrc—Source 2. Now, nearly three decades on from…
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We haven't needed motion blur in games for a long time, so I wish it would stop being the default
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: recovering from testing Halo: Campaign Evolved and playing far too much The Binding of Isaac. I have an experiment for you. Right now, as you stare at this article on a phone, monitor, PS Vita, whatever, spin your head around. Oh, probably don’t do…
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Question time: What makes a 'good' grind in an MMO?
I’m about to say something controversial—I don’t actually think grinds in MMOs are all that bad. There’s a bit of a wider resistance to the idea of having to grind for anything in a modern online game, a resistance to the very concept, even. We’ve all certainly got less time than in the days of…
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Company that said it could scan and destroy books for AI data-harvesting has deleted that part of its website: 'no such service was ever brought to life'
Remember the story about AI companies destroying millions of copies of books while scanning them to use as training data? In terms of bad optics, “destroying books” is right up there with kicking puppies, which is why the AI companies relied on third-party rebuyers to obfuscate what they were actually doing. It didn’t work, and…
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Crimson Desert adds 133 new trading posts and overhauls the in-game economy with supply and demand
What is that quasi-critical darling and pillar of K-content Crimson Desert even about, anyway? The answer becomes less clear by the day, as now it’s something of a full-blown trading simulator—given this is the developer behind Black Desert Online, a game where you can breed and sell horses when you get tired of adventuring, I’m…
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Owlcat co-founder says the studio won't turn its back on hardcore RPGs as it hits 600 employees and preps its own Mass Effect killer
In a new interview with PCGamesN to mark Owlcat’s 10th anniversary, studio co-founder and creative director Alexander Mishulin talked about Owlcat’s history and upcoming projects. Two things really caught my eye: Owlcat’s still got hardcore CRPG fans covered, and the studio’s bulked up to the heavyweight division. “We will continue to make CRPGs because we…
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One day Owlcat will make an RPG that's perfect out of the box, but 3 years after launch, it's time to get disgustingly into Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader
I’m not sure whether to feel sheepish or smug that I exclusively come to Owlcat games late. On the one hand, I feel like a fairweather fan of this underrated RPG powerhouse, one whose output and ambition is honestly kind of scary. But on the other hand: Owlcat has yet to have a single smooth…
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American Truck Simulator is headed to North Dakota in its latest DLC
North Dakota may not be the most dazzling US state, but it is one of them, and so it’s set to be absorbed into American Truck Simulator’s expansive recreation of life on the road. The game’s next DLC will take players through the state’s “sweeping prairies, fertile farmland, winding rivers, and endless skies.” I don’t…
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Baldur's Gate 3 is the cheapest it's ever been to celebrate its third anniversary
I don’t need to explain what Baldur’s Gate 3 is since it’s one of those games you hear about endlessly, whether you want to or not, because it remains a universally acclaimed phenomenon. PC Gamer’s Fraser Brown gave it our highest score ever in his review, a positively covetable 97, and everyone I know who’s…
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Champion modder ports the OG 'Father' Nier back into the PC remaster, original voiceovers and all
Modder Elevna on the Nier Replicant Nexus has made my day with the full release of Nier Gestalt ver.1.22474487139…, a project that replaces the young protagonist of the cult classic’s 2022 remaster with his grizzled, older counterpart from the 2010 original. Let’s back up: In Yoko Taro’s vision for Nier, the titular protagonist (whose name…
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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain's AI slop music video is terrible for us all
ShiftUP CEO Kim Hyung Tae hasn’t exactly been lowkey with his pro-AI stance over the years, but he and his company have now made it clearer than ever with one of the most god-awful videos I’ve ever had the displeasure of witnessing from a company with enough money to do better. Critical Hit (Image credit:…
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake boss wanted to make sure its crossover with Final Fantasy 14 didn't derail the MMO's patch schedule
Final Fantasy 14 is finally crossing over with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy sometime next year, but before the collaboration was set in stone, FF7 Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi was careful to not step over the MMO’s patch cadence. Speaking to GamesRadar+ about the crossover and Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, in an interview from…
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One of Kerbal Space Program's biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: 'That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then'
Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Felipe Falanghe got into PC gaming by…
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OpenAI CEO suggests parents make AI-generated podcasts to remember their children's lives for them
Even though it’s been ubiquitous for a number of years at this point, it still feels like generative AI is working on its sales pitch. OpenAI CEO and Elon Musk slapfighter Sam Altman took to X yesterday to offer a new “cool use case” for ChatGPT he recently overheard: “Connect your family calendars and explain…
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Perennial early access game Project Zomboid hit a new concurrent player record after a huge map update added reworked towns, a spooky orphanage and '400 procedural basements'
It’s been a big week for Project Zomboid, the wildly successful zombie survival sim that, like a doomsday prepper holed up in a fortified basement, simply refuses to leave Steam early access. Its first major build update since 2021 coincided with a slight price increase for The Indie Stone’s undead phenomenon, but this didn’t stop…
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Space Marine 2's latest updates add Terminator Sorcerers and Steam Workshop support, so you can now play co-op with 9 other players if you want
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 just closed out its second year of post-release support with a one-two punch of updates. Patch 14, aka The Confrontation Update, adds a new enemy and significantly expands the game’s PvP options. Since Confrontation’s release, a separate update has added Steam Workshop support to Saber Interactive’s hugely successful shooter. Let’s…
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I enjoyed this video of Oblivion Remastered actor Wes Johnson goofing around in a sound booth dressed as Sheogorath, but a patch for the PC version would be nice too, Bethesda
Oblivion Remastered releases on Nintendo Switch 2 in August, which normally would be wholly irrelevant to PC Gamer. We’ve been merrily exploring revamped Cyrodiil for well over a year at this point. But you might want to hide your stealth archer in the corner of whatever dungeon you’re exploring and check out Bethesda’s latest promotional…
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Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida is 'a huge fan' of Bloodborne, says it's 'a complete mystery' why it was never put on PC
First reported by GamesRadar, former Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida is apparently just like us: He loves Bloodborne, and he doesn’t get why Sony and FromSoftware haven’t done anything with it since its November, 2015 expansion, The Old Hunters. Yoshida’s remarks were part of his keynote address at Japan’s CEDEC Industry event.…
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The voice of Shinji in Evangelion says AI voice cloning is 'heartbreaking,' calls for Japanese government to intervene
First reported in English by Automaton, veteran Japanese voice actor Megumi Ogata (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Danganronpa, Persona) recently spoke to the website TBS News Dig about AI voice generation and its effect on actors. This comes as the Japanese government is considering a legal framework similar to likeness rights to head off such infringement. Ogata…
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Dead Cells studio thanks Guillermo del Toro for playing its game, gently suggests he try the easy mode
In a July 29 IGN interview, prolific director Guillermo del Toro shared his love of the hardcore action-roguelike, Dead Cells, but lamented its difficulty, wishing there was a mode that eased up on the roguelike restarts. Dead Cells studio Motion Twin has since responded to IGN, and recommends del Toro try the easy mode it’s…
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The maker of the Baldur's Gate 3 over-the-shoulder camera mod has gone to great lengths to demonstrate it's not like other third-person viewpoint solutions
Sometimes I understand why modders flame out, burn their bridges, and give up entirely. Every time I look at a posts page on Nexus Mods, for instance. A perfect example of this has been the reaction to Relysia’s True Third-Person Camera mod for Baldur’s Gate 3, a labor of love that gives the traditionally birdseye…
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10 expansions that were better than the actual game
Expansions should be improvements on the base game, you say. The whole point of them is that they’re adding cool new stuff, and the same game with a bunch of cool new stuff added should always be better. Except often that isn’t the case. The list of add-ons that feel like they misunderstood what made…
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Developer of 'Spanking Exorcist' game held up by Steam content moderation releases free 'apology game' where you spank him as punishment: 'We would be delighted if you enjoy it'
First reported by Automaton, Spanking Exorcist developer Actor made a free “apology game” available to download after missing a planned July 24 release date due to overzealous Steam content moderation. In the simple apology game, you press a button to simulate spanking the developer as punishment. Spanking Exorcist’s trailer shows a game combining first person…
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My new favourite Tolkien game is free, has over 40 years of history, and would run on a toaster
Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh, Ted, and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in…
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The great RPG debate: Do RPGs really need romanceable companions?
Dungeon Master (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Dungeon Master, PC Gamer’s regular RPG column, where Online Editor Fraser Brown delves into PC gaming’s most beloved and enduring genre. Grab a seat in our badly-lit tavern and please ignore the goblin puke. Videogames have always struggled a wee bit—and I’m being generous here—with the subject of…
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Preorder Beast of Reincarnation At A Discount And Get Some DLC For Free
Beast of Reincarnation is an interesting action RPG. Developed by Game Freak, the studio behind the beloved Pokemon series, it’s a chance for the developer to step out from Pikachu’s enormous shadow and create something fresh. If you’re looking to give it a chance, you can preorder a Steam key at a discount, making it…
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The games industry's 'fear of risk is currently the largest risk it faces' according to Nuclear Throne's producer
With videogame budgets ballooning and competition ever intensifying there’s a huge amount riding on whether a modern videogame succeeds or fails. As such, publishers are increasingly turning to the safest bets possible, like sequels in proven series or shiny remakes of classic games. It’s the exact strategy that Xbox has said it’s falling back on…
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Dragon Age's former producer had envisioned a 'Champions Edition' equivalent to Mass Effect's Legendary Edition, but he doesn't think it will happen anymore: 'There are basically no companies that could help you'
Things haven’t looked great for Dragon Age since its latest entry, Dragon Age: The Veilguard was released to a mixed critical and muted commercial response back in 2024. EA subsequently laid off dozens of BioWare’s staff, and numerous former developers have recently said they believe the series is probably dead. Yet, while there’s little hope…
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Genshin Impact Next Update And Banners – Everything We Know About Version 6.7 And 7.0
Want to know when the next Genshin Impact update is? Sticking with a regular six-week schedule, we rarely need to wait for the next livestream to know when a new version is releasing. Livestreams give us more than just a release date though, as they’re also a great source of official banner and event information.…